recipe: oven roasted asparagus

earlier this week, hell froze over. i voluntarily BOUGHT a green vegetable (besides peppers which make a lovely accompaniment to many a quesadilla and asian dish). but. whenever i'm served asparagus as a restaurant, i always have a few nibbles OR eat it all, as it's usually prepared quite lovely. i was in Fresh Market last weekend and they had the most adorbs looking asparagus... so what the hay. i bopped around a few recipes before i found my cooking temps, though i would love to try grilled if it wasn't so sh!tty outside. 

result was good - i actually liked it, AND ate it all. i have a lot left and will eat it again (though i could never eat this or any veggie any night). we had made this on the side of char sui and ginger lemon rice - it didn't 100% go with the asian theme we had going, but it kinda worked all at the same time. 

ingredients list:

- asparagus (i cooked 10 pieces for 2 of us)

- garlic powder

- olive oil

- pepper

- garlic salt

- parmesan cheese

- lemon juice

to make: preheat oven to 400F degrees. arrange asparagus on a nonstick tray (or parchment/foil) and drizzle with a few dashes of live oil. sprinkle with garlic powder.

bake for about 12 minutes, flipping it once mid-way. it should be fork tender when it's done. when finished roasting, sprinkle with pepper, garlic salt, parmesan cheese, and lemon juice & serve. easiest side on earth.